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IRELAND’S RESURGENT ECONOMY continues to thrive, with employers forecasting a 6% increase in hiring forecasts for April through June this year, 4% greater than the same outlook last year.
As far as the regions go, Munster is the place to be if you’re looking for a job.
Employers there have recorded easily the most optimistic hiring intentions for the next quarter with a positive outlook of 17%, 10% greater than the first quarter of the year, and 13% greater than for the same time period in 2014.
This represents Munster’s best showing in the survey since the heady days of pre-recession 2007.
Elsewhere in the country employment prospects remain fairly constant with the first three months of the year with the exception of the Ulster counties where the hiring outlook among employers is 14% less than that reported in January.
Meanwhile, Dublin’s hiring forecast sees an increase of 4%, up 7% year on year.
As far as sectors go staffing levels are expected to increase in 8 of the 11 sectors surveyed.
Transport and Communications will see the strongest job growth, with an outlook of 23% greater than the first quarter of the year, and some 26% greater than this time last year.
This is reflected in recent job announcements from comapnies such as Core Media who are embarking on their first formal graduate recruitment programme which will benefit college students graduating in June this year.
Utilities companies such as Irish Water are also expected to accelerate their hiring with employers in the sector registering 13% greater hiring prospects than last quarter.
In more downbeat news, pharmaceutical companies are leveling off in their hiring with their forecast dropping 29% since January.
Restaurants and hotels employment has likewise slowed to a trickle with a hiring outlook of -1%.
The figures are taken from the Manpower Group’s global employment survey which is run once every three months.
In Ireland the survey is based off a selection from a set pool of 620 employers nationwide.
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Fecking hate cancer.
If you can dodge cancer you can dodge a dodgeball
Maybe spending too much time with Fran Stalinovskovichdavidovitchsky, the most dangerous women on the planet
Good news. I like him. His movies make me and the kids laugh.
A PSA (prostate specific antigen) test is a simple blood test. All men over the age of 50 should have one regularly. They can do great things now if they get it early enough. Well done Mr Stiller.
@Deborah Behan: So you don’t need a finger up your bum anymore? Happy days.
Deborah the problem with PSA testing is that normal levels don’t always exclude cancer and elevated levels don’t always mean cancer. This is highlighted in the article. Thus it is not conclusive if all men should be screened because it leads to a lot of testing, some of which is invasive, and many of these tests will be completed on people that don’t turn out to have prostate cancer. Hence the best advice is included in the article, ie from age 50 discuss with doctor. This is all complicated by the fact that prostrate cancer is quite common, and in many cases slow growing. Indeed most men with prorate cancer do not die from it.
Never rated him much as an actor but he’s to be commended for fighting this and making it public.
Always liked his movies a lot. Great news
Get that finger up yer bum early gents!
@Barton Hobbes: A doctors or E.T’s. as the blood test would be more reliable?
I heard that in men that the risk of getting this cancer is the same as your age, so someone 31 has a 31% chance of getting it and a man of 62 has a 62% chance of getting it, I do not know if this is 100% fact but interesting. It is believed taking a daily amount of zinc can help prevent this cancer but another one to look into?
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Excellent scientific research!
Apparently pleasuring yourself prevents male prostate cancer.
I wonder was this caused by the time he zipped up his pants the wrong way?
I like him! Check out ‘Permanent Midnight’
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